Triple Teams

1. The San Antonio Spurs will be perpetually good. Midway through the game, I half-jokingly, half-seriously tweeted the following: The Spurs window is closing; there’s only 17 more years left. #UTAatSAS — David J. Smith...

1. Jazz take advantage of bad Lakers night. Without Kobe Bryant, and on a back-to-back, the Lakers were pretty bad tonight. They tied a new franchise low in assists with 7, they shot a season-low 8 attempts from the 3 point line....

1. Warriors’ 3rd quarter dominance leads to easy victory. One of the cool things I get to do as a result of having a credential is talk to media people from around the league about their teams, and tonight was one of the...

1. Utah’s dominoes are beginning to fall into place. The Jazz had a rough go of it down the stretch tonight in a tough building versus a desperate team, but once again hung with (and outplayed for periods) a presumed contender....

The Jazz played their best game of the season. Not simply best outcome, best played game. They looked really good, so there’s a lot to say. 1. D-fence-tastic! The Jazz did more than out-defend the Bulls,...

1. It’s a make or miss league, and tonight, the Pacers made and the Jazz missed. This game would have been different if the Jazz made their outside shots. The Pacers shot over 7-13 for 53.8% from beyond the arc tonight,...

1. Burke Bounces Back After a dismal night against the Hawks just 24 hours prior, a match-up against the listless and equally as banged up Timberwolves turned out to be just what Trey Burke and the ailing Jazz needed. Burke...

1. Utah’s shortened bench almost came back against Atlanta. We’ve talked a lot about how Utah’s bench is pretty shallow this season: beyond Rudy Gobert and Trevor Booker, no other player has a PER greater than...

1. Jazz turned around a very lackadaisical start in the 4th Quarter. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the Jazz and Timberwolves were tied at 72. In many ways, this felt like the Sixers game on Saturday, in that the Jazz were...

1. Was this a poorly-played offensive game, or a well-played defensive game? I asked Quin Snyder, Derrick Favors, and Gordon Hayward this question after the game, all of them said some version of “both”. So it’s...